| New Jersey Environmental Health Association |
Tentative Conference Schedule
*Schedule is subject to change without notice!*This is a tentative schedule only! More Presenters, Topics and credit hours will be added and topics can change without notice!
Application for CHES/MCHES, Pesticide Credits Pending
Participants who successfully complete this educational program will be awarded NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).New Jersey Environmental Health Association has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of New Jersey Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).
UPDATED: 2/21/2025
Sunday March 2, 2025
12:30 - 2:00 | Lisa Gulla, Rutgers University Perceptions, Experience & Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions of Public Health Workers in NJ Post COVID 1.5 PH CEU | Virginia Wheatley, NJDOH Shellfish Superheroes & Vibrio Villains 1.5 PH CEU | Susan Muhaw
What to Look For When Doing A Septic Inspection from Plans to Field! 1.5 PH CEU |
2:10 - 3:40 | Harvey Klein, Garden State Labs
PFAS in Drinking Water Update
1.5 PH CEU | Pete DeTroia, NJDOH
Food Sampling Through the Years
1.5 PH CEU | Dr. Tyree Oredein, Left Turn Village Understanding Sexuality For Public Health Professionals 1.5 PH CEU Cultural Diversity Training |
3:50 - 5:20 | Zachary Ehrlich, Rutgers School of Public Health
Assessment of the REHS Workforce in NJ
1.5 PH CEU | Eric Zwirling, Rutgers Noise Enforcement Programs in New Jersey - Options and Updates1.5 PH CEU | Tadhgh Rainey, Hunterdon County Department of Health Pest Insects and Arthropods of Interest to New Jersey Residents 1.5 PH CEU |
6:00 - 8:00 Ice Breaker Reception
Monday March 3, 2025
8:30 - 10:30
Keynote Address
Sharita Flaherty
Psychological First Aid Techniques for Public Health Workers
Advancing the Public Sector
PH CE 2.0
1.5 CHES / MCHES credits
10:40 - 12:10 | Bob Custard, NEHA 7 Important EH Lessons I Learned the Hard Way 1.5 PH CEU | Benjamin Primost, Pickwick Well Drilling, Inc Well drilling 101 1.5 PH CEU | Jessica Swift, NJDOH Protecting Public Health: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Local Retail Food 1.5 PH CEU |
12:20 - 1:30 Presidents Luncheon
1:40 - 3:10 | Samantha Kaur, Carolyn Fisher, Shelby Meyers, & Jessica Freer, City of Vineland & Morris County Health Department Mentorship Magic: Opportunities in the NEHA FDA RFFM Retail Food Program 1.5 PH CEU | Sean Cleary, IAPMO Backflow Prevention Institute Importance of Plumbing Codes & Backflow Prevention in Protecting Public Health 1.5 PH CEU | Gail Ridge, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Myths and Facts about Bed Bugs 1.5 PH CEU NJPEST 3 – 7A, 3 – 8A |
3:15-4:15 Coffee Break
Tricky Tray
4:25 - 5:55 | Michele Samarya-Timm, NEHA Transitioning From Field Inspector to Supervisor. Navigating the Path to Leadership 1.5 PH CEU | Greg Krueger, Lee Wasserman, LEW Corporation Lead-based Paint Update: NJ Rental Law and EBL Investigations 1.5 PH CEU | Adam Kalahar, City of Minneapolis Mocktails 1.5 PH CEU |
Tuesday March 4, 2025Keynote
12:50 - 2:20
Alden Wicker, Investigative Journalist , EcoCult
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick - and What To Do About It
Book author, To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How We Can Fight Back
Alden Wicker is an investigative journalist and author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick — and How We Can Fight Back (Putnam), which won the Society for Environmental Journalists Rachel Carson Book Award. She writes about healthy fashion and homes for her platform, EcoCult, (now on Substack) and contributes to publications such as The New York Times, BBC, Wired, Vox, Vogue, and more. She’s made expert appearances on NPR’s Fresh Air, the BBC, and NBC to speak on consumer sustainability and health. She splits her time between Brooklyn and southern Vermont, where she’s renovating and greening up an old farmhouse.
8:30 - 10:00 | Pending | Gail Ridge, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Introduction to Delusional Infestation 1.5 PH CEU | Pending |
10:10 - 11:40 | Derek Shendell, Rutgers University Training in Basic Concepts in Indoor Air and Environmental Quality 1.5 PH CEU | Melissa Rascon, Town of Addison Vegan Foods- Beyond Tofu 1.5 PH CEU | Danielle Clemons, Di Li, Shari Shifren, NJDOH Public Recreational Bathing and Youth Camp Program Updates 1.5 PH CEU |
11:45 to 12:45 Networking Luncheon
12:50 - 2:20 | Keynote |
2:30 - 4:00 | Pending | Pending | Aimee Puluso, City of Linden Health Department Constitutional Foundations of Public Health Law 1.5 PH CEU |